Manner oe constructing shielded pins for securing shawls



UNTED STATES PATENT OFRECE,

THOMAS VOODVVARD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MANNER OF CONSTRUCTING SHIELDED PINS FOR SCURING SHAWLS, DIAPERS, &C.

Specification of Letters Patent No 2,609, dated May '7, 1842.

To all/whom @'15 may concern:

Be it known that- THOMAS lVoonwAnD, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and useful instrument forfastening shawls, diapers, and other articles of apparel, which Idenominate the Victoria shielded shawl and diaper pin; and l do `herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof. l

My shielded pin is formed by combining a pin of silver, or other metal,with another piece of metal which I denominate the shield, in suchmanner as that when the pin has been passed through the shawl, diaper,or other article which is to be fastened by it, the point of the pinshall be so covered by a recurved part of the shield as that it will notbecome loosened by the mot-ion of the wearer and that the point of thepin cannot, by any accident, be caused to puncture, or scratch, theperson, `or become loose, after it has been fastened in the garment orother article which itis intended to secure.

In the accompanying drawing, Figures 1 and .2 are two views of myshielded pin.

A, is the pin, and B, the shield. The latter is made convex on its outerand concave on its inner side, throughout its whole length, and its endsO, and D, are recurved,

orbent round, in the manner shown in the drawings. To the end C, of theshield the pin is secured by bending the wire so as to form a loop, oreye, which is received into a hole drilled through the end of the shieldfor that. purpose. The point of the'pin when it is in use, is confinedfirmly in place within the hollow of the recurved end D, the portion ofthe shawl, diaper, or other article, which is contained between the pinand the shield, serving, when the point has been sprung or forced intothe hollow of the recurved end D, efi'ectually to keep it in place untilit is designedly removed.

Having thus fully described the manner in which I construct or form myshielded pin, what l claim therein as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The combining of a concavo-convex shield, which is bent, or recurved, atits ends, with a. pin that is secured thereto by an eye, or loop, at oneend, and the point of which is to pass into, and be retained by, thehollow in the recurved part of the opposite end, in the manner, and forthe purpose, herein fully set forth.

THOMAS WTOODVJARD. Vitnesses l J. Voonnnns, DANIEL TREMBLEY,

